The state chronicle., 1887-05-05

WILL w luHlCtIilS C!utl dLu uuuSudl
punishments." Even arithmetic can start
sap and flower, like Aaron's dry old walk
ing stick, taking bud, leaf, bloom.
The students quickly caught the cue,
and lei no illustration go by without a
cheer. The ''Head Master of the Uni
versity Hon. Kemp P. Battle, Ii. D. :,
encouraged the lecturer, by loud and lusty
use of his cane on the floor, at the home
stretch Gn DR.. McFerrin's dialect), to ''let
her roll" She rolled Two hundred BOYS
rose and shouted till the plastering quiv-
ered
A Sterling School.
The University retains its old renown
for thorough training and close inculca
ton of manly qualities. The policy of
the institution is to avoid all noisy preten-
sion and to do honest work. The scholar
and statesman, Hon. Kemp P. Battle,
conducting its affairs, gives hostage in
his own high character against any defec-
ton from the superior excellence There
is a certain tone Of elevated sentiment
peryadlng the corporation of curators and
lecturers. Randolph Macon is proud of
her alumnus, the learned and practiced
DR.. Mangum, worthy OF his Alma Mater,
and of historic race eminent in North
Carolina history. leit the classic grounds
with unwilling step.
The Chief of Cigarette Cities.
The name of Durham is familiar to
palace, to prairie sod house, to the leaf
tent of the savage of the tropics, and to
''the rest of mankind" l gave day to
the huge factories, and to storehouse for
the Indian Weed. l saw the dry plant so
from the farmers wagon through machines
and manual manipulatlons till it became
fragrant fragments in Ornamented boxes
"a beautiful bric-a-brac. The treatment
of the tobacco has attained the grade of a
high art. Time would fail to tell of the
famous brands or the millions of money
employed in their production, or of Par
rish, Duke, Carr, and the other experts
and owners of immense factories.
A City OF Synagogues.
Durham is a city of churches. The in
habitants do not go beyond four thousand.
Two new Methodist churches were ready
for dedication. Bishop Galloway arrived
for that purpose. We had in e centre
of the town a stately building of brick
with all the modern appointments, even
''the eloquent city PASTOR" who is more
than a tuneful talker Jealous and de-
vout man of God. He is our Greasy. Vir-
ginia set him out, but North Carolina has
won him. They dote ON him, young,
studlous, growing. saw the new churches.
AuCS NClt GUNS lutSt bQIiltlul MtiIO-
diSts select the best site, order the best
building stuff and pay cash when the key
is handed over. 1t is hard to say whether
Wesley OF the Weed is ahead Such de
n0mluatlonal enterprise | never saw be
fore. excepting when our Prince in Israel
spent his afternoons among the masons
and painters of Park Place Duke of
Durham, had forgotten his army of to-
bacco workers. and was helping the chan
delier to its place in Main Street Church,
while Carr was hurryng from New York
to the dedication, and the Cotton Mill
superintendent was mailing down carpet
in the other new church Think Of a city
under five thousand whites furnishing
over eight hundred scholars to our Sun
day Schools!
grow garrulous. l must omit much.
The lecture went off as usual The view
from the platform is a study The mo-
tionless crowd, eager eyes, the silence,
then the sudden explosion, the clamor of
canes, hands, feet and ringing laughter
Oif goes a rich bonnet, loosened by the
shaking shoulders under a paroxysm of
mIrth. Stout men throw up their hands.
l saw a lean man double himself up IN a
sort of bowknot. Griffith showed next
day his vest and the wrenched buttons
HE Governor Of a State once sat in box
so near the stage | could hear his com
nent> to the ladies with him on the odd
surglngS of a fat United States Senator on
the front seat. 1t come near tilting my
own balance. Forgiving reader | have
taken you into the confidence of a lecturer
for the moment, and pass on. The Dukes
propose to pay all expenses, open fac
tory floor, invite the town free of cost to a
repetition of the lecture, and let all the
people see the contrasted pictures of the
past and present. They thought it would
make folks more contented with their lot
| The sketch may have value in that direc-
ton. bid goodbye to the sweet and ee-
giant Christian home, to the dear little
girl at the gate-''Bring your little girl
next time'-and to the brethren believe d.
travelled all night. \ throbbing head
| bends over this page and unstrung fingers
write these lines ! + l.